Adjustable driving-box.



J. COPP.

ADJUSTABLE DRIVING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED ocT- 4. 1915.

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ADJUSTABLE DRIVING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, I915.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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ADJUSTABLE DBIVING-BOX.

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Application filed October 4, 1915.

To all 10 item it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN Corr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amarillo, in the county of Potter and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Driving-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to journal boxes for locomotive engines, trucks and the like, the purpose being to provide a journal box which may be readily adjusted laterally and which embodies a crown brass which may be easily adjusted to compensate for wear, the several adjustments being made secure against possible displacement.

The invention consists of a journal box having flanges upon one side, thereby admitting of lateral adjustment of the box with reference to its supporting frame.

The invention also consists of a shoe and a wedge disposed between opposite vertical edges of the box and the adjacent portions of the frame, said shoe and wedge each having a single flange only, thereby admitting of lateral adjustment of each by means of liners inserted between such parts and the frame.

With these and other objects in View, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention as claimed may be resorted to when desired.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure l is a view in elevation of a ournal box embodying the invention, the journal being in section;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of the reverse side;

Fig. t is a detail view of the journal box detached as seen from the under side.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing the use of liners for spacing the journal box later ally, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, ilflil't.

Serial No. 54,027.

Fig. 6 is a similar view sl'iowing the use of a liner in connection with the shoe employed for holding the box in tram as well as the use of a liner in connection with the wedge employed for taking up wear between the box and the wedge.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

To illustrate the application of the invention, a frame 1 is shown for supporting the box and adjunctive parts, such frame having depending members 2 and 3 respectively. A truss bar t connects the lower ends of the members 2 and 3 to each other in the manner well understood. The inner face of the memher 2 is vertical whereas the inner face of the member 3 inclines slightly from the vertical so that the space between the inner faces of the members 2 and 3 is greater at their lower ends than at their upper ends.

The journal box 6 is provided with opposed flanges 7 at one end only, thereby admitting of lateral adjustment of the box with respect to the frame 1. The box is movable vertically in the usual manner. A wedge 8 allows for wear. The vertical edges of the journal box are parallel. A shoe 9 is interposed between one edge of the box and the adjacent face of the member 2, such shoe being provided with a single flange 10 at one vertical edge only. The wedge 8 is interposed between the inclined edge of the member 3 and the adjacent edge of the journal box and is formed along one vertical edgeonly with a flange 11. The flange 10 of the shoe 9 and the flange 11 of the wedge 8 are disposed upon corresponding sides of the frame members 2 and 3 and come between such members and the flanges7 of the journal box, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. The flanges 10-11 are provided with longitudinally extending slots 5 which receive bolts 5" by means of which the shoe 9 and wedge 8 are held in the required adjusted position vertically of the frame.

It will now be noted, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 that liners 19 may be interposed between the flanges 10 and 11 of the shoe and wedge respectively and the flanges 7 of the box 6 for spacing the box laterally with re spect to the frame 1 and taking up any wear which may have developed between the dri ing box and the adjacent driving wheel associated with the journal 13. The bolts 5 or other suitable fasteners may be employed for holding these liners in position. Should it be desired to take up wear between the wedge 8 and the driving box, this result may be easily accomplished by simply shifting the wedge downwardly and insertingone or more liners 31 between the said wedge and the adjacent side member of the frame. Such liners may be connected to the wedge in any suitable manner as by set screws 22 and it will be noted that the construction is such that the wedge may be properly shifted and the liners placed in position without the necessity of removing the wedge from the frame or disconnecting the bar 4 since the wedge is exposed at one side of the frame so that the said liners may, without difficulty, be inserted between the wedge and the adj acent side member of the frame; In Fig. (5, I have also shown the use of a liner 23 arranged between the shoe 9 and the adjacent side member 2 of the frame. The liner 23 may also be connected to the shoe in any suitable manner as by set screws 24; and is employed in any instance where the journal box is out of tram. Any suitable number of the said liners may be employed for adjusting the box transversely with respect to the frame and holding the box in tram and it is to be observed that since the shoe is provided with one flange only and is consequently exposed at one side of the frame, the liners may be easily inserted between the shoe and the adjacent side member of the frame without the necessity of removing the shoe.

The journal box 6 is provided with the usual opening 12 for receiving the journal 13. The usual crown brass is fitted in the upper end of the opening 12 to extend over the upper portion of thejournal13. In the present instance the crown brass comprises a fixed section 15 and an adjustable section 16. The crown brass sections 15 and 16 are fitted in suitable recesses provided in the upper portion of the journal box bordering upon the upper end of the opening 12. The crown brass section 15 extends over the major portion of the journal 13 whereas the crown brass section 16 is disposed at one side of the journal so as to be moved to take up wear. A rib 17 forming a part of the ournal box extends between the crown brass sections 15 and 16 and constitutes an abutment for one edge of the section 15 and a guide for one edge of the section 16. The" section 16 is adj ustably moved laterally by means of a wedge 18 which is fitted within a suitable recess communicating with the recess of the section 16 and is interposed betwen the vertical wall of the said first mentioned recess and the adjacent face of the said section. Longitudinal movement of the wedge 18 moves the section 16 toward the journal 13 so as to take up any wear and prevent any vibration or play.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A device of the character described including a. supporting frame, a journal box carried thereby and having a flange at one end only, and a member arranged between an edge of the box and frame and provided with a single flange at one margin thereof to come between the flange of the box and the adjacent face of the frame with the box mounted for adjustment laterally with respect to the frame.

2. A device of the character described including a supporting'frame, a journal box carried thereby, one of such parts having an edge inclined from the vertical, a flange formed on the box at one extremity thereof only, and a'wedge interposed between the inclined edge of the said part and the adjacent edge of the other part and formed with a single flange arranged at one edge of the wedge and disposed to come between the flange of the journal box and tl1e adjacent par-t of the supporting frame with the box mounted for adjustment laterally with respect to the frame.

8. A device of the character described including a supporting frame, a journal box carried thereby, the frame having members extending along opposite edges of the box with one of such members formed with its inner edge inclined with respect to the inner edge of the other member, opposed flanges formed on the box at one extremity thereof only, and a shoe and wedge interposed between the adjacent edges of the box and frame members and each formed along one edge with a flange to come between a flange of the box and the adjacent face of one of the frame members with the box mounted for adjustment lateally with respect to the frame.

A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, and means carried by the box to cooperate with the frame for supporting the box against inward lateral movement upon the frame with. the box mounted for outward lateral adjustment with respect to the frame.

A device of the character described including a frame. and a journal box carried thereby and held against inward lateral movement upon the frame with'the box mounted toaccommodate means to be interposed between the box and the frame for spacing the box laterally outward with respect to the frame.

6. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, and means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box with the box held against inward lateral movement upon the frame, the journal box helng formed to receive means to be interposed between the said box and the said first mentloned means for spacing the said box laterally outward with respect to the frame.

7 A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, and means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box, the journal box being mounted to receive a filler member to be interposed between the said box and the said first mentioned means for spacing the journal box laterally with respect to the frame.

8. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box, and securing means associated with said first mentioned means, the journal box being mounted to receive spacing means to be interposed be tween the said box and the said first mentioned means for spacing the journal box laterally with respect to the frame with the said last mentioned means held by the said securing means.

9. A device of the character described in eluding a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box, and securing means associated with said first mentioned means, the journal box being mounted to receive a filler member to be interposed between the said box and the said first mentioned means for spacing the box laterally with respect to the frame with the said filler member held by the said securing means.

1.0. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal. box mounted thereon, means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box, and means connecting said first mentioned means with the frame, the journal box being mounted to receive spacing means to be interposed between the said box and the said first mentioned means for spacing the said box laterally with respect to the frame with the said spacing means held by the said connecting means,

11. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box, and bolts connecting the said means with the frame, the

journal box being mounted to receive spacing means to be interposed between the said box and the said first mentioned means for spacing the journal box laterally with respect to the frame with the said spacing means held by the said bolts.

12. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, and means cooperating with the frame for receiving the ournal box with the said means exposed at one side of the frame for receiving filling means to be interposed between the frame and the said first mentioned means for taking up wear between the box and the said first n'ientioned means.

13. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon, and means cooperating with the frame for receiving the journal box with the said means exposed at one side of the frame for receiving a filler member to be interposed between the frame and said first mentioned means for taking up wear between the box and the said first mentioned means.

14:. A device of the character described including a frame, a. journal box mounted thereon and Provided with a flange, and means cooperating with the frame for receiving the box and engaged at one side of the frame by the said flange with the said means upon the opposite side of the frame exposed to receive filling means to be interposed between the frame and the said means for taking up wear between the box and the said first mentioned means.

15. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon and provided with a flange, and a member cooperating with the frame for receiving the box and provided with a flange confronting the frame and engaged by said first mentioned flange with the box and the said member adapted for movement to receive filling means to be interposed between the flange of the box and the flange of the said member and between the said member and the frame for spacing the box laterally with respect to the frame and taking up wear between the box and the said member.

16. A device of the character described including a frame, a journal box mounted thereon and provided with a flange, and a member cooperating with the frame for receiving the box and engaged by said flange with the box adapted for movement to receive filling means to be interposed between the flange of the box and said member for spacing the box laterally with respect to the frame.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

JOHN COPP. [1 s2] Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

